To work for a private security guard company in North Carolina, the company needs to register you as a security guard. If you want to work as a security guard without working for another company, then you need to get a Private Protective Services license, which is a lot more expensive and requires additional training. This article covers only how you get your Security Guard Registration Pocket Card, not how to become a licensed Private Protective Services Company.

A security guard or patrol company cannot employ you as an unarmed security guard in a regular position unless you have a registration card issued by the Private Protective Services Division of NC.

Temporary or Probationary Security Guard

You may work as an unarmed security guards as probationary employees for 20 consecutive calendar days for your employer after which your employer decide to hire you as a regular employee. If the company decides to hire you as a regular employee, the company has to register you with the Private Protective Services department within 30 days after you probationary employment period ends. However, you must undergo training and a background check before you can work as probationary security guard.

A private protective services company can hire you if you’re properly registered or licensed as an unarmed security guard in another state for a period not to exceed 10 days in any given month;. Before employing an out of state security guard, the company must submit to the Director of Private Protective Services in NC your name, address, and social security number and the name of the state of your current registration or licensing, and the Director approves your employment as an unarmed security guard in NC.

Law Enforcement / Police Officers as Security Guards

No law enforcement officer of the United States, this State, any other state, or any political subdivision of a state can hold a license as a private detective or security guard and patrol company in North Carolina.

An off‑duty law enforcement officer may be employed during their off‑duty hours by a licensed security guard and patrol company on an employer‑employee basis. An off‑duty law enforcement officer cannot wear his police officer’s uniform or use the police equipment while working for a security guard and patrol company.

A law enforcement officer may provide security guard and patrol services on an individual employer‑employee basis to a person, firm, association, or corporation that is not engaged in a security guard and patrol profession.

Security Guard Training Requirements & Fees

North Carolina requires that you take 16 hours of training to become an unarmed security guard within 30 days from the date of your permanent hire. Each security guard training company in NC sets its own class fees.

Security Guard Courses before You Apply for a Security Guard Registration: 16 hours with cost set by training school; $ unknown.

North Carolina State Unarmed Security Guard Training Course Outline

The 16 hours of security guard courses must cover:

1 hour – The Security Officer in North Carolina

3 hours – Legal Issues for Security Officers

3 hours – Emergency Response

2 hours – Communications

3 hours – Patrol Procedures

3 hours – Note Taking and Report Writing

1 hour – Deportment

You must complete 4 hours of classroom instruction within 20 calendar days if you transition from a probationary or regular security guard to an duty station. The 4 hours of training include:

1 hour – The Security Officer in North Carolina

3 hours – Legal Issues for Security Officers

The security guard training you take must be from a Private Protective Services Board certified unarmed security guard trainer. This trainer follows the PPSB’s approved lesson plan using PPSB approved training materials.

Online Security Guard Training

You can take your 16 hours of unarmed security guard training online or interactively provided:

The training is presented by a PPSB unarmed security officer trainer.

You get a copy of the PPSB unarmed security officer training manual to use for the duration of your security guard training class.

The trainer can see you and you see the trainer in real time during the security guard training.

You can see and read the screen or monitor and can clearly hear and understand the audio presentation.

All monitors used in each classroom are at least 32″ wide.

The technology used is of sufficient quality so that the training audio and video is done smoothly and without interruption.

You are taught to use the audio and video equipment in your classroom prior to the start of the 16 hour unarmed security officer training course.

The total number of students receiving the interactive training at one time does not exceed 35 students.

All training not included in the NC Private Protective Services unarmed security officer training manual is done either before or after the 16 hour unarmed security officer training.

The Director of Private Protective Services is notified 5 days prior to training of the location of each classroom, name and location of the certified trainer, and the number of students who will be present.

The sponsoring agency allows the Director or designee access via computer of the training during the time that it is taking place.

Security Guard Background Check & Fingerprinting Fees

Fingerprint Fee = $38.00

Security Guard Application & License Fees

Security Guard Registration Application Fee: $30

Payment Types Accepted: Money order or cashier’s check. Personal checks are not acceptable.

Payable To: Private Protective Services Board

Security Guard Other Requirements

To register as an unarmed guard in North Carolina, you must:

Be 18 years of age or older

Be US citizen or resident alien

Be of good moral character and temperate habits. Any of the following within the last 5 years indicates you don’t have good moral character or temperate habits (conviction means and includes the entry of a pleas of guilty, plea of no contest, or a verdict of guilty):

Conviction by any local, state, federal, or military court of any crime involving the illegal use, carrying, or possession of a firearm.

Conviction of any crime involving the illegal use, possession, sale, manufacture, distribution, or transportation of a controlled substance, drug, narcotic, or alcoholic beverage.

Conviction of a crime involving felonious assault or an act of violence.

Not have been declared by any court of competent jurisdiction incompetent by reason of mental disease or defect; or not have been involuntarily committed to an institution for treatment of mental disease or defect by a district court judge. If you have been treated and found to have been restored by a psychiatrist, the PSS Board will consider this evidence and determine whether you meet the requirements of this section.

Not have had a revocation of a security guard registration.

Security Guard Application Process

Get hired as a probationary employee security guard by a licensed private protective services company.

The company you work for submits your name, address, social security number, and dates of employment on a monthly list of probationary employees to the NC Director of Private Protective Services.

After 20 days, if the company decides to make you a regular employee, the company registers you as security guard with the Private Protective Services department by completing the form, submitting the appropriate fees and getting you background checked. To register you after the probationary period ends, your company submits:

One recent (within last 5 years) color head and shoulders JPEG digital photograph on CD, floppy disk, or emailed to: PPSASL-Photos@ncdoj.gov (Polaroids and other similar types of photos are not acceptable).

Statements of the result of a local criminal records search by the Clerk of Superior Court or appropriate governmental authority in each county where the applicant has resided within the immediate preceding 48 months (12 months for renewals). Final dispositions must be included. Criminal record checks will not be accepted if over 60 days old upon receipt in this office. Internet criminal records checks are acceptable for in-state residents if obtained from an authorized NC Administrative Office of the Courts Public Access User.

Statements of any criminal records obtained from the appropriate authority in each area where you resided within the immediately preceding 4 years.

Termination of Security Guard Employment

Your employer must notify in writing the Director of the Private Protective Services Division within 10 days if you are terminated as a regular employee registered as an unarmed security guard.

Transfer of Security Guard Employers

If an unarmed registered security guard is terminated by a licensee and changes employment to another security guard and patrol company, the security guard’s registration card is valid, provided the security guard pays the unarmed guard registration transfer fee of $15 to the PSS Board and a new unarmed security guard registration card is issued. An unarmed security guard whose transfer registration application and transfer fee have been sent to the PSS Board may work with a copy of the transfer application until the registration card is issued.

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